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Product Description: Famed Charles Manson prosecutor and three time #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi has written the most powerful, explosive, and thought-provoking book of his storied career. In The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Bugliosi presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of nearly 4,000 American soldiers fighting the war in Iraq. Bugliosi sets forth the legal architecture and incontrovertible evidence that President Bush took this nation to war in Iraq under false pretenses—a war that has not only caused the deaths of American soldiers but also over 100,000 innocent Iraqi men, women, and children; cost the United States over one trillion dollars thus far with no end in sight; and alienated many American allies in the Western world. As a prosecutor who is dedicated to seeking justice, Bugliosi, in his inimitable style, delivers a non-partisan argument, free from party lines and instead based upon hard facts and pure objectivity. A searing indictment of the President and his administration, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder also outlines a legally credible pathway to holding our highest government officials accountable for their actions, thereby creating a framework for future occupants of the oval office. Vincent Bugliosi calls for the United States of America to return to the great nation it once was and can be again. He believes the first step to achieving this goal is to bring those responsible for the war in Iraq to justice. Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-08
Love the title, love the idea, don't love the book
I bought this book at the airport without knowing much about it because I felt it was important to financially support authors and publishers courageous enough to put out works like this. After reading it cover to cover, my opinion is that it's a vitally important book, yet not a very good one. I agree that Bush should be held criminally responsible for his actions leading up to the disastrous invasion of Iraq, but the text itself I found disappointing. The writing is surprisingly poor, detail is insufficient, and the writer's well-founded contempt for Bush and his minions too visceral and obvious. It's worth reading and supporting, but don't expect a masterpiece. Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-08
A startling book, a compelling case.
This book is already on the NY Times Best Seller list though it has been seditiously ignored by the mainstream and even the liberal media, who apparently think it's too hot to handle. Even Jon Stewart has not responded to requests to have Bugliosi talk about the book on his show (though he had time for Lynn Cheney's pablum). Bugliosi, a prosecutor who has won 21 out of 21 murder convictions makes a compelling argument that we hold Bush and his cronies to account for the disaster that they have unleashed upon America and the world. He conclusively shows that 1. The two main rationales for the war--WMD's and Sadaam's connection with Al Queda--were specious. 2. That Bush and his gang knew they were specious, but manufactured reason after reason to send our young men and women to their deaths. 3. That Bush refused to let the weapons inspectors finish their work when they only needed a few months to determine unequivocally that no WMD's existed in Iraq. 4 That Bush raised the bar just before the invasion insisting not only that Sadaam continue to admit weapons inspection but that he leave the country within 48 hours, a demand they knew he could not comply with. The arrogance, deception, misinformation and outright lies are all here in this book that presents by far the strongest case that has yet been mounted against the worst administration in this country's history. Buy this book and pass it on to a friend. I predict it will be the number 1 best seller by August 1st. Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-07
This Book Pulls No Punches: George I Hope You Can Sleep At Night
Excellent indictment of George W. Bush. Solid blueprint for state D.A.s to pursue him for the murder of citizens killed in battle in their state. He explains what, where, and why from a legal mindset of a steel trap. The only area where he falls short is the 'who'. He mentions the word Neocon only a couple of times; however, he should have indicted the Neocons in the administration and the Neocons that were, and are, architects of our current foreign policy. They are the ones pulling the strings; they should be held accountable, too. Rating:
Date: 2008-07-07
Great thesis; needs a good editor
I was profoundly excited to discover this book and its amazing thesis, that not only has the shrub (he's not even large enough to be considered a Bush...) taken us into this disgraceful war and its endlessly destructive (but VERY profitable for some) process, but that someone with both courage (a sad statement about these days) and experience has come up with a way to do something more than just jabber on about how angry and frustrated -- as well as embarrassed as a nation -- so many of us are.
Unfortunately, Mr. Bugliosi's book is in such desperate need of a good editor that as much as i appreciate his enthusiastic and compelling arguments, i find that i am reluctant to continue reading when i am being repeatedly hammered with his stock phrases that take up room and detract from his critical points.
One phrase that he keeps using is about the thousands of Iraqi men, women and children have been killed and injured by this war. Yes, Vince, it is grotesquely true, and i got it the first five times.
Since this comments page is divided pretty clearly between those who are enamored of Mr. Bugliosi's argument and those who are outraged, i will suffice it to say here that i appreciate his thinking, his argument, and his rationale. NOTHING would please me more than to see President Bush and his gang of war-profiteering thugs prosecuted for war crimes after his term in office, but i am afraid that the poor editing and redundant, outraged and inflammatory arguments will do more to turn potential readers off than to encourage them to truly ponder the possibility that justice will return to the American governmental process.
I would encourage everyone to read this book, share it with friends, and at the same time, to not allow Mr. Bugliosi's tedious and hyperbolic style to stand in the way of the logic of his thought process. Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-06
A Compelling, Passionate Argument -- But Legal Obstacles Go Unaddressed
Bugliosi, a brilliant prosecutor, builds a passionate, persuasive case, filled with moral outrage, at the frat-boy antics of George W. Bush in the face of the pointless tragedy of a war he started. He also shows, very compellingly and persuasively, that the president and a cohort of neoconservatives misled the American people into a war of choice with a fraudulent campaign of disinformation and innuendo.
As to legal argument however, there may be some problems; at least, in my view one significant legal issue goes unaddressed. Under the customary common law of nations high officials, like countries, are generally regarded as immune from civil or criminal liability for their public and official acts, though not necessarily for private acts. See, e.g., The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York, 127 S. Ct. 2352, 2356-57 (2007). Presumably, the invasion, backed by a Congressional authorization of use of force, would be a public or official act, as would the President's mendacious propaganda campaign leading to it.
With respect to public acts, officials are generally protected by a species of immunity called "state act" immunity, while heads of state, like Bush, are generally protected by both state act immunity and also by "head of state" immunity. There does seem to be some uncertainty in the decisional law as to whether such immunities may apply to former heads of state. See, e.g., Plaintiffs A,B,C,D,E,F v. Jiang Zemin, 282 F.Supp. 2d 875 (N.D. Ill, 2003); Aliola v. Abubakar, 267 F. Supp. 2d 907 (N.D. Ill. 2003), which hold that former heads of state are protected by sovereign immunity, while the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has suggested that sovereign immunity might not apply to former heads of state for public or private acts. Republic of the Philippines v. Marcos, 806 F.2d 344, 360 (2d Cir. 1986).
While the above-cited cases all involve foreign heads of state, for which sovereign immunity is codified in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602 et seq., there is at least some reason to think the same or similar principles might apply to a former U.S. head of state or high official being tried in an American court for crimes involving official acts. Bugliosi addresses and dismisses some of the policy arguments underlying the application of sovereign immunity to Bush's situation, but he doesn't really explain how the type of prosecution he envisages would survive a motion to dismiss. This hurt the book for me. But in detailing the moral case for pursuing justice against Bush and his group, the book performs an important public service.
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